CLINTON: 'WE COULD STOP AIDS ON A DIME'
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If the political will is there, Aids could be "stopped on a dime"
was Bill Clinton's message; but the consequences of not doing so could
be the economic chaos and political instability that feeds terrorism.
Delegates heard a chilling warning from the former leader of the western
world. If Aids cases rise to 100 million by 2005 as projected, Clinton
said, "It will probably be enough to crumble fledgling democracies.
It will be enough to spread violence among young people who fear that
they only have a year to live, and therefore can't understand why they
shouldn't be involved in whatever conflict is handy."
Clinton's theme was that, in this "world without walls", HIV
and Aids needed to be as high a priority as international terrorism.
Photo: Piers Allardyce
It was in danger of slipping down the public agenda in the post-September 11 world. "In the 10 weeks before September 11, the world had raised $11 billion for the
Global Fund for Aids and Health. In the 10 weeks after September 11, we raised $2,000. We can afford no truce in the war on Aids. You can't call a
